antecedence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The relationship of preceding something in time or order.
That which precedes something or someone (e.g. prior events, origin, ancestry).
The length of time by which one event or time period precedes another.
The relationship between a pronoun and its antecedent.
A geologic process that explains how and why antecedent rivers can cut through mountain systems instead of going around them.
An apparent motion of a planet toward the west.

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antecedence antecedences

From Latin antecēdentia from Latin antecēdēns (“preceding”), from antecēdō (“go before”).

antecedency antecession precedence priority antecedence anteriority retrogradation

subsequence posteriority posteriorness succession

antecede antecedent antecedently antecessor

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